http://curio.edublogs.org/2009/04/07/handwriting-social-signalling/ the spirit of inquiry (perhaps too often) justified Tue, 29 Sep 2009 20:18:44 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.2 hourly 1 http://curio.edublogs.org/2009/04/07/handwriting-social-signalling/comment-page-1/#comment-26 paulw Fri, 10 Apr 2009 17:53:38 +0000 http://curio.edublogs.org/?p=40#comment-26 Hmm, this reminds me of a book, Iron and Silk, about an America who goes to China to learn Kung Fu. He sees a few different instructors. One of the instructors is a staunch traditionalist who insists he take traditional Chinese calligraphy in addition to his martial arts lessons, believing it necessary for him to become a fully formed martial arts student. It was very interesting to read it, the way that the instructor believed that only after mastering the exact copying of a particular master's style of calligraphy could a person have the temerity to add any slight individuality to it, and the instructors horror at seeing an art show in which a French artist had done some Chinese calligraphy in a "wild, abstract" style. Hmm, this reminds me of a book, Iron and Silk, about an America who goes to China to learn Kung Fu. He sees a few different instructors. One of the instructors is a staunch traditionalist who insists he take traditional Chinese calligraphy in addition to his martial arts lessons, believing it necessary for him to become a fully formed martial arts student. It was very interesting to read it, the way that the instructor believed that only after mastering the exact copying of a particular master’s style of calligraphy could a person have the temerity to add any slight individuality to it, and the instructors horror at seeing an art show in which a French artist had done some Chinese calligraphy in a “wild, abstract” style.

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